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[mxactivist]

UK petition: Sandyford Clinic [Scotland] to immediately continue to prescribe trans kids hormone blockers

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Following the Cass Review, trans kids are no longer able to receive puberty blocker prescriptions from Sandyford, Scotland's only gender identity clinic for under 18s. This is devastating news for trans kids who will now see their bodies change in ways that will trigger dysphoria. It will ultimately cost lives as trans kids are driven to suicide. All this will happen because of some despicable, manufactured "trans debate", where trans kids, and adults, are being used as a scapegoat for society's problems. Trans charities and advocate groups are condemning the awful Cass Review all over the country. The only groups celebrating this dreadful document are anti-trans ones. Hormone blockers have been used for decades safely, and the vast majority of trans kids that go on to transition are happy. A common argument against blockers is that trans kids are not old enough to make such decisions. This is exactly what puberty blockers are for; to hit the pause button on any irreversible changes; to give trans kids time to make these decisions. We urge Sandyford clinic to immediately resume providing trans kids with their life-saving puberty blockers.

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[talisidekick]

Lets take a deeper look. From the above link ...

... the wait time is about 4 years AT BEST. Likely longer for new self referrals.

And if we take a look at the NHS site for accepted numbers:

They can't service the number of referrals meaning the wait time is increasing! But why so many referrals? Well, these clinics don't just offer hormones, in fact from the same site:

Psychology! It's 4 years PLUS to see a therapist or psychologist if your kid even thinks they MIGHT be trans! It's not that the "number of trans folk are increasing too much" it's parents going "if my kid is trans, I'd best sign up now because it could be 4-6 years to even have them see a therapist to work through this". It's not an increase in trans people or people thinking their kid is trans and needs hormones, it's parents trying to utilize a system thats broken and recognizing the wait times are abysmal and being proactive because if the kid is 6 now, they can see a psych when they're 10 or 12, and by that time may have figured it out already and they can cancel the referral if the kid goes "nope, not trans".

These numbers don't say what the articles are trying to make people think they say. The take away is "the NHS and gender clinic referral system is overwhelmed and inherently broken and concerned parents and medical professionals recognize this and are accounting for it by referring kids and adults early to access psychology and therapy services relating to gender identity".

15 minutes on Google to find the Glasgow clinic and the NHS site information. It should speak volumes that proper journalism has stooped so low that a Canadian chick who doesn't even have her boots in the UK can do better reporting with her cellphone. Thats how low effort these anti-trans takes are to fabricate. Not interviews, phone calls, and people sources to debunk: public accessible websites accessed from a cellphone an entire ocean away.

"kids are getting indoctrinated into transgenderism" did you know that left handedness increased from 3% to 12% when they stopped beating left handed children.

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

By: Mary McCool

Published: Apr 18, 2024

Scotland's NHS has paused prescribing puberty blockers to children referred by a gender identity clinic.

The Sandyford clinic in Glasgow also said new patients aged 16 or 17 would no longer receive other hormone treatments until they were 18.

It follows a landmark review of gender services for under-18s in England.

Dr Hilary Cass's review said children had been let down by a lack of research and there was "remarkably weak" evidence on medical interventions.

NHS England confirmed it would stop prescribing puberty blockers in March.

Puberty blockers work by suppressing the release of hormones that cause puberty and are often prescribed to children questioning their gender as a way of stopping physical changes such as breast development or facial hair.

Like other parts of the UK, Scotland has seen a rapid rise in the number of young people questioning their identity or experiencing gender dysphoria.

The only specialist service for under-18s is the Sandyford clinic in Glasgow, where people can self-refer or can be referred through their GP.

Figures released to BBC Scotland News under a freedom of information request, showed that at the end of 2023, 1,100 patients were on the waiting list.

As well as referrals for puberty blockers, the Sandyford also refers patients for "gender affirming hormones" such as testosterone or oestrogen to 16 and 17-year-olds.

In the NHS in England, fewer than 100 children - who had already started a prescription - are now taking puberty blockers.

In Scotland, the number is likely to be far smaller.

Following the position taken by NHS England, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) and NHS Lothian deferred starting new patients on the treatment in mid-March.

The Glasgow health board said patients had now been formally notified, however existing patients currently receiving treatment would not be affected.

Dr Emilia Crighton, NHSGCC's director of public health said: "The findings informing the Cass review are important, and we have reviewed the impact on our clinical pathways.

"The next step from here is to work with the Scottish government and academic partners to generate evidence that enables us to deliver safe care for our patients."

Review findings 'considered'

Scottish Health Secretary Neil Gray welcomed the decision, saying the government and health boards are considering the recommendations of the Cass review.

He said: "We have been clear it is for clinicians and health boards to make decisions about clinical pathways, and that these decisions should be made carefully and based on the best evidence available.

"This is what both health boards have done and their position is supported by the chief medical officer.

"More broadly, the Cass review's final report and findings are being closely considered by both the Scottish government and health boards, in the context of how such healthcare can be best delivered in Scotland."

Vic Valentine, of Scottish Trans and the Equality Network, said pausing puberty blockers was the wrong decision and said it would "harm trans children and young people".

A statement said: "This decision has been taken within the context where the reality of trans people's experiences and lives is questioned almost daily in some of the media and some political circles.

"This makes us worry that the decision has been influenced by that context rather than solely through consideration of the best interests of trans children and young people."

Scottish Conservative deputy leader Meghan Gallacher said the decision was "long overdue" and accused the government of leaking the news to the press "before having the decency to update parliament".

She called for an urgent ministerial statement so MSPs had a chance to ask questions on the matter.

She said: "I'm beyond fed up with this lackadaisical approach to gender care. They are failing children and young people."

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"Social Murder Charter" is the best band name ever.

[allthegeopolitics]

Scotland’s only youth gender clinic has paused prescribing puberty blockers for under-18s. Prescriptions for under-18s currently on the waiting list are to be blocked following the decision by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC). The Sandyford Clinic in Glasgow also said that patients aged 16 and up would no longer receive hormone treatments until they are 18. The decision comes following a similar decision by NHS England last month after just over a week after the publication of the Cass report last week, which made recommendations to change NHS England’s approach to trans youth care.

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[ukftm]

Pretty urgent:

I finally reached the medical team at Sandyford and a request was put to my GP to do my blood tests. My appointment was booked for tomorrow morning, and they���ve just called me at 5pm to cancel and tell me that Sandyford need to do the bloods themselves. Can the GP refuse to do the blood test if it was ordered by an NHS service? And what can I do?

Hi Anon,

No your GP has no reason to cancel this, especially at the request of the GIC.

Contact your GP surgery and ask for the SPECIFIC reason why they are refusing to do your bloods? Then say “so to confirm you are refusing me treatment?” Then tell them you know that the general medical council clearly state: “GPs must co-operate with gender identity clinics and specialists to provide effective and timely treatment for trans and non-binary people.” (Link below). Then you say I also know that if a GP does refuse treatment, they must provide the SPECIFIC reason IN WRITING. Then you say as your GP is refusing you treatment without giving this in writing and is clearly acting out of discrimination and personal bias you will report them to your local NHS board or the general medical council.

They should hopefully totally back down at this stage as they know you have done your research. So you then say you want an appointment as soon as possible to get your bloods done and if you come up against any further issues like this you will take this to the GMC.

If they continue to refuse tell them you want to make an official complaint as you are being refused treatment because of your transgender identity. Take their name and the name of the GP that is refusing you treatment.

Tell them you will also now make a complaint to your local NHS board on grounds of gender discrimination and will be informing the GMC as that they are refusing you treatment, especially when this comes directly at the request of the GIC.

More and more GPs are doing things like this and there are no grounds for this other than PERSONAL opinion. Situations like this are simply a GP hoping you won’t know your rights and hoping you won’t take this any further.

You may also find this link helpful on getting help from the Patient Advice and Support Service:

https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/scotland/health/nhs-healthcare-s/nhs-patients-rights-s/#:~:text=If%20this%20happens%2C%20you%20should,Support%20Service%20for%20more%20help.

I have also attached the General Medical Councils guidelines for GPs so you can quote this when you are on the phone and can take this further. This is just one section of it:

Doctors personal beliefs:

Doctors may practise medicine in accordance with their beliefs, provided that they act in accordance with relevant legislation and:

do not treat patients unfairly

***do not deny patients access to appropriate medical treatment or services***

do not cause patients distress.

[coochiequeens]

A man who sexually assaulted a woman who was trying to help him after he claimed abuse by a female partner is now claiming to be a woman. Hell World.

A man who identifies as transgender is standing trial on accusations that he sexually assaulted two women on separate occasions. Adam Graham, 31, now goes by the the name “Isla Bryson” and was referred to by feminine pronouns both in court and in UK media coverage. Graham has been charged with raping the women with “her penis,” according to court documents.

The first alleged assault is said to have happened on September 16, 2016, in Clydebank. Graham reportedly pulled down the woman’s clothing and restrained her, forcibly penetrating her. According to the victim, Graham, being aware of the crime he committed, instructed the woman to “wash bedding” in an effort to destroy the evidence the following day. She also stated that Graham told her “not to disclose to anyone” the details of the assault.

In an attempt to secure her silence, Graham reportedly went on to threaten the victim’s family in order to secure her silence.

Though a pre-recorded statement, the victim gave testimony to the court noting that she had met Graham on dating app Badoo in July of 2016. After establishing rapport, Graham claimed he was being abused by a female partner. Concerned for his safety and wellbeing, the victim offered Graham shelter at her mother’s property, where she also lived, until which time he could be moved into a homeless unit. 

Graham reportedly began to show dramatic swings in behavior while staying at the property, screaming at a young boy the victim had been caring for. After a few weeks, he was moved to a homeless unit, but the two continued to see each other, with Graham staying over on Friday nights. 

According to the Clydebank Post, on the night of the assault, Graham entered the bedroom where she had been preparing for bed and locked the door. At first, the victim thought Graham was cuddling her, but said “everything felt weird and wrong.”

Graham then pulled the woman’s pajamas down and raped her despite her vocal protests. The assault only stopped when the victim’s mother turned on the hallway light outside of the bedroom.

Three years later, on June 27, 2019, Graham is said to have assaulted a second woman at an apartment in Glasgow. 

After having engaged in consensual sexual activity, the victim states, Graham became sexually violent and assaulted her. The court heard that Graham allegedly bit the victim, lay on top of her and restrained her, and went on to rape the woman “to her injury.”

An assault charge states that Graham additionally punched the woman the next day.

Defense advocate Edward Targowski told the High Court in Glasgow his client was pleading not guilty to all charges and was lodging a special defense of consent to two, as reported by The Scottish Sun.

A letter from Graham’s family doctor was presented in court as evidence of his transgender status. Dated August 5, 2022, the document stated Graham was “currently receiving the maximum recommended doses of Spironolactone and Finasteride” with a hormone prescription provided by Glasgow’s specialist sexual health service Sandyford Clinic.

Graham’s trial is expected to continue for at least five days more, and, if convicted, it is anticipated that he may be housed in a correctional facility for women. 

Currently in Scotland, a serial child sex offender who identifies as transgender is being held at a women’s prison, as is a disturbed male killer who now demands to be treated like a female infant.

Earlier this week, it came to light earlier that a serial rapist who targeted women in changing rooms and restrooms had begun identifying as transgender and is seeking a transfer to a women’s prison.

Last fall, it was revealed that half of Scotland’s prisoners who claim a transgender status began doing so only after they had been convicted of a crime. In response to a Freedom of Information request, the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) confirmed there were 16 trans inmates in Scots prisons, of whom eight began to identify as transgender while “being cared for in custody following their remand or conviction for their current offence”.

However, the SPS said it was unable to disclose whether or not there were allegations of sexual misconduct involving the trans-identifying male prisoners due to the cost that would be involved in providing the information.

Scotland recently attempted to pass controversial amendments to the Gender Recognition Act which would streamline the process of altering sex markers on legal documents. Notably, an amendment to the bill which would have prohibited anyone convicted of a sexual offense from changing their legal sex was rejected.

Yet the final outcome of Scotland’s proposed Gender Recognition Reform Bill currently hangs in limbo. On January 17 and for the first time in the United Kingdom’s history, Westminster chose to invoke a Section 35 Orderto block the bill from obtaining Royal Assent. 

Under Section 35 of the Scotland Act 1998, Secretary of State for Scotland Alister Jack can prevent a Holyrood bill from becoming a law if it is believed that the legislation would have an “adverse effect” on the application of laws reserved to Westminster.

By Genevieve Gluck Genevieve is the Co-Founder of Reduxx, and the outlet's Chief Investigative Journalist with a focused interest in pornography, sexual predators, and fetish subcultures. She is the creator of the podcast Women's Voices, which features news commentary and interviews regarding women's rights.

[identityarchitect]

Normally I wouldn't post about the specific clinic I'm seeing for not-doxxing-myself purposes but Sandyford is like one of two? three? clinics in Scotland. So I'm not particularly concerned.

[inremote]

asked the sandyford gender clinic for a confirmation of gender change letter so they gave me one confirming i'm male.

the NHS baybeeeee

[beardedmrbean]

A judge told the transgender rapist Isla Bryson that they were not “the victim in this situation”, as the 31-year-old was jailed for eight years.

Bryson, who committed the attacks while still known as Adam Graham, was sentenced at the High Court in Edinburgh on Tuesday morning.

Lord Scott said that while he had access to medical reports which suggested Bryson was “vulnerable”, in part due to traumatic childhood events, this was “no excuse” for raping two women who had been “systematically” targeted.

Bryson claimed during the trial that they had known they were transgender at age four, although this was later questioned by their wife and mother who both said they had shown no interest in transitioning. Bryson only began living as a woman after being charged with rape.

The case was seen as contributing to the end of Nicola Sturgeon’s political career after the double rapist was initially sent to a female prison under a Scottish Prison Service (SPS) policy that followed the same principle as her gender self-ID laws.

The legislation has been blocked by the UK Government while the SPS has scrapped its own rules following an outcry. Bryson was moved to a male jail following an outcry although Ms Sturgeon has repeatedly refused to say whether she believes the rapist to be male or female.

‘Alternative account of events’

Sentencing Bryson, Lord Scott said it was clear that Bryson would pose a “particularly significant risk to any woman with whom you form a relationship”.

He said they had constructed “an alternative account of events” in which the two victims colluded together, and continued to deny the crimes.

The claims of a conspiracy were “without any foundation” and had been rejected by the jury, he said.

“You see yourself as the victim in this situation,” Lord Scott said. “You are not. Regardless of your own vulnerability, in a period of just under three years, you raped two women who can both be regarded as vulnerable.”

Edward Targowski KC, for the defence, told the High Court in Edinburgh that Bryson had been subjected to “ill-judged, ill-informed and ignorant” comments about their decision to undergo gender reassignment. He said this included references to Bryson’s “dead name” of Adam Graham.

The lawyer also told the court that Bryson had decided to change their gender many years ago and had been given “maximum” amounts of medication to help achieve this by doctors at the Sandyford Clinic, a specialist clinic in Glasgow.

Bryson was on an NHS waiting list which was several years long for a gender reassignment operation, Mr Targowski said.

However, Bryson’s estranged wife, Shonna Graham, has described claims to identify as a woman as “a sham”. The rapist’s mother, Janet Bryson, said her son never showed any interest in living as a girl while growing up.

Bryson attacked two women in Clydebank and Glasgow in 2016 and 2019. They were both raped in their own homes, after Bryson met them online, a setting in which Lord Scott said they “were entitled to feel entirely safe”.

Russell Findlay, the Scottish Tory shadow community safety minister, said that Bryson may serve as little as four years, a prospect that “will likely be of little comfort to victims”.

‘Full scrutiny’

He added: “They’ve already suffered from the perverse decision to address this rapist as ‘she’ and by Nicola Sturgeon and her justice secretary refusing to say what everyone in Scotland can see with their own eyes - that Bryson is a man.

“Even following Nicola Sturgeon’s sudden resignation, the SNP government continues to attempt to dupe the public by saying this case has nothing to do with its gender self-ID bill.

“But if this SNP law is enacted, it will be wide open to exploitation by giving the legal right to sex offenders to declare they are female, no matter the risks to women and girls.

“Going forward, the prison service must publish its delayed new policy on transgender prisoners, allowing for full scrutiny, feedback and, if necessary, amendment.”

Bryson was placed on the sex offenders’ register and will be supervised for three years after release.

[eziojensenthe3rd]

Petition here that you can all sign if you want

The only clinic in Scotland has decided to pre-comply with recommendations set out in the Cass Review ahead of the Scottish Government’s actual assessment of each recommendation.

Management should be hauled over the fucking coals for that.

[loveinclusion]

Gender service for teenagers changes rules: independent applications no longer accepted

The Scottish Youth Gender Service in Glasgow will stop accepting patients who seek help directly. Access to services provided at the Sandyford Gender Clinic will now only be possible with a referral from a GP, according to NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC). The decision follows advice from the Chief Medical Officer, who assessed the feasibility of implementing the findings of the Cass Review of Gender Services for Children and Young People in Scotland.

[snoligostranssexual]

tw vent post below cut

i cannot overstate by any means how much i want to visit horrific, incredible, deep violence on those unqualified incorrigible bags of flesh that work at the sandyford gender clinic. i could and have ranted for real life hours about how disgusting, abhorrent, and vile those "psychologists" are. they do not have any specific requirements for the job, they literally had an intern giving care to some poor tguy, legally and technically theyre SUPPOSED to have training but that is such a new thing only maybe 2 of my psychologists have been around for that policy, and only one of them had maybe even gotten any of said gender training. i am not exxagerating. i want to kill most of these people. i really dont know how to express how oppressive and horrible this institution is

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

By: As told to Helen Puttick

Published: May 11, 2024

I have worked for 20 years with mental health patients in Scotland. Before the pandemic I saw only two people who were transitioning. Both were men who identified as women.

My caseload is small because my patients have complex problems. Over the past two and a half years, however, I have looked after nine female patients who wish to be men. Most are in their late teens to early twenties. Emotionally they are quite young.

They are in fact among the most vulnerable patients I have seen, often struggling with multiple mental health issues after difficult childhoods.

Dr Hilary Cass, who wrote the report on the Tavistock Gender Identity Development Service in England, addressed the Scottish parliament last week.

Just as she says, some of my patients are on the autistic spectrum, others have survived childhood trauma including neglect and sexual abuse. Among those transitioning are patients with eating disorders, patients using self-harm to cope and patients with borderline personality disorders who struggle with distress.

During our appointments some patients have described growing up without clean clothes or help with basic personal hygiene. They have talked about their poor social circumstances and being unable to afford the normal things most children have. They grew up feeling they were on the outside, ostracised by their parents and their peers.

They have endured all of this, pouring their energy into surviving at the cost of maturing. And then, with little idea of their own identity, they have found the camaraderie of a trans peer group and embraced the idea that they were born in the wrong body.

They now believe it is their body that is wrong and needs to change. This view has then been endorsed by the NHS, schools and even politicians. No one has said to them: “You are fine just the way you are. Let’s help you.”

I read all their psychiatric reports and psychological assessments, and I see little evidence that anyone has worked to help them to accept their bodies. Reference is made to anxiety, depression or trauma, alongside being referred to Scotland’s transgender clinics.

Professionals seem too frightened to question whether changing gender is what these patients really need.

These young people are at different stages in their transitions, but some are taking testosterone. The advice is clear that long-term use of cross-sex hormone treatment can cause infertility, even if the treatment is stopped.

These girls, robbed of their own childhoods, are at a young age potentially losing the chance of ever conceiving or carrying a baby themselves. It is upsetting thinking about their pasts and also what their future may hold.

Some of these patients say they will feel better when their breasts have been removed. That conviction can make it difficult for them to engage with therapy now. They believe their answers lie on the operating table.

My professional judgment is that changing gender will not improve their lives.

Some of these patients are on the autistic spectrum and could have a different perspective if they had been supported at school.

I worry that many will look back at the NHS in a few years and think: “What have you done to me? I have no breasts and I cannot have children. My life is wrecked just like my childhood was wrecked.” I feel I am seeing a medical scandal unfold before my eyes.

The Sandyford gender clinic in Glasgow is not a mental health service. A leak to The Daily Telegraph in 2022 suggested that patients were being offered irreversible treatments with only basic mental health assessments. Staff saw their main role as being to “get them on treatment”.

I am not saying no one should transition, just that the first line of treatment has to include asking and exploring why a person feels they are in the wrong body. Support should be considered in line with that. Helping people to accept the body they have should be fundamental, not taboo.

I have chosen to remain anonymous because otherwise I would be frightened of losing my job or being targeted by trans activists.

We could all say we are non-binary on the basis of gender stereotypes, because none of us fits them. Let us recognise that it is the stereotypes that are harmful here — and not cause further harm.

This is the view of a mental health professional in Scotland on her patients changing gender

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[ukftm]

hello! this isn’t so much a question as some advice I was hoping to share with anyone using the Sandyford gender clinic service. I’ve been with them for 5 years now, just under 2 years on T and am currently waiting for top surgery. Sandyford have repeatedly let my referrals (for testosterone and now top surgery) ‘fall through the cracks’ and failed to forward them to the necessary parties, so my advice is this:

If you’re with Sandyford, follow up on your referrals, and do it within a week or two of when they’re supposed to be made. Multiple times they’ve told me they’ll “get back to me in a month”, not done that, and then when I’ve asked they’ve told me that the letter didn’t get sent or whatever excuse. I used to worry about clogging their inbox or annoying them but honestly it’s becoming a necessary part of using the service since they can’t seem to keep track of anything themselves.

Sorry if this message comes off aggressive I’m just quite upset about this. I hope this helps someone else avoid what they’ve done to me, I feel very much like they’ve f*cked me over.

Hi Anon,

Thanks for sharing. We have had multiple reports about issues with Sandyford from them ignoring patients and requests from GPs to not dealing with referrals properly. Unfortunately Sandyford are getting a bad reputation for getting things wrong and for being very unhelpful.

You are right, don’t be worried to pester them for answers and to keep on at them. You can phone or email them.

From personal experience, I also have not had great experiences with Sandyford and have found that in the past when it came to needing a report for my GRC, it took 6 months of constant pestering to get the Dr to write a sentence on a report. My GP did their report in a week and it was far more comprehensive. So Sandyford are responsible for many needless delays and issues.

Make sure however that if you are having issues with Sandyford, that you make complaints to the NHS so that they are aware of how many people are experiencing such issues. This will only be investigated if enough people make complaints.